TripAdvisor Reviews Jixian Hotel Beijing

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... crossings, but they have been far outweighed by the journey itself, the camaraderie of many nations all travelling together and the amazing experience of actually finding ourselves in these far-flung places. 8 nights and 7 days and 7857 kilometres. Not for everyone, but we have found it an exciting experience. It will be good to be on stable ground again, but we shall also miss train life. Never mind, there's another one tomorrow. We catch the Bullet Train to ...

Jet lag is having its usual effects and we woke between 2 & 3am, bright eyed and maybe not quite so bushy tailed, so we both spent a little time catching up on the blog entries. Finally we put the iPads down and fell back to sleep, waking again at about 6.45 when we got up. We were being collected by our guide at 8am and wanted a good breakfast before a hectic day of sightseeing. We sat down in the restaurant near to a table of Americans and ...

... it when you dance with Chinese girls. I was dancing with 3 Chinese girls and enjoying myself, when I was shoulder barged out of the way and completely blocked off by them so could get back to the girls I was with. Was rather funny at the time, but in the long run it might make going on a night out in Changsha an interesting experience.

As ever it is time for me to sign off. Next time I write an entry, I will be in Changsha.

We have been terribly lazy when it comes to eating well here in China. As the language has been difficult to overcome and the jet lag means we want to be in bed early we have eaten rather too many 2 minute noodles. In fact hoping not to eat any more on this trip. Yesterday while we were at the Summer Palace we discovered we could eat dragon dumplings very cheap. Not exactly healthy food but more like a doughy white ...

... lunch.. No wonder it is Beijing's signature dish... watching the chefs cut up the crispy skinned meal for us was a tradition on it's own.. our banquet also had other duck "delicious" meals.. spicy duck... shredded duck..etc..didn't know duck was so versatile and enjoyable.. well done to one of Beijing's Fangzhuang Quanjude Roast Duck many restaurants.. Time to walk off our banquet next!! A ...